{"id":13774,"date":"2021-07-23T15:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T19:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/?page_id=13774"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:31:04","slug":"syllabus-materials-from-bates-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/syllabus-materials-from-bates-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus Materials from Bates Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"069904f6-fea0-408c-81cd-e191809fae55\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Dean of Faculty&#8217;s Office <\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"069904f6-fea0-408c-81cd-e191809fae55\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Dean of Faculty&#8217;s Office<\/strong> provides information regarding course attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-affairs\/student-support-and-advising\/course-attendance-policy-guidelines-for-absences\/\">Course attendance policies and guidelines for absences (includes religious holiday policy)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"ee925fa0-766b-482c-ad5f-01a2097a723b\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Student Affairs<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"ee925fa0-766b-482c-ad5f-01a2097a723b\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Office of Student Affairs<\/strong> provides a number of resources for syllabus creation, including several Bates-wide policies related to attendance, course deferral, academic integrity that are critical for inclusion:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-affairs\/student-support-and-advising\/course-deferral-guidelines\/\">Course deferral guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-affairs\/student-conduct\/academic-integrity-policy\/\">Academic integrity policies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-affairs\/student-support-and-advising\/\">Student support and advising resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"7e29eda2-3f77-495c-bd01-682b4c328a25\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Student Academic Support Center  (SASC)<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"7e29eda2-3f77-495c-bd01-682b4c328a25\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Student Academic Support Center <\/strong>provides syllabus language that provides students with information on peer-led support for introductory and intermediate level courses in mathematics, statistics, programming, natural sciences, life sciences, quantitative social sciences, and music theory; workshops in quantitative skills, time management, note-taking, and study skills; and the Course-Attached Tutors (CATs) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/syllabus-blurb-talking-points-for-faculty\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/syllabus-blurb-talking-points-for-faculty\/\">SASC Syllabus Blurb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"93f96b64-d76f-4983-b349-145efb5d2a1f\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Student Writing and Language Center (SWSC)<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"93f96b64-d76f-4983-b349-145efb5d2a1f\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Student Writing and Language Center<\/strong> provides several handouts and videos to support course design, syllabus creation, and universal design for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1qNGT0ZZ66b1E23pUMSnFOVtn75hTN6uKlqBNagsWBIo\/edit?tab=t.0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1qNGT0ZZ66b1E23pUMSnFOVtn75hTN6uKlqBNagsWBIo\/edit?tab=t.0\">SWSC and W-CAT,  Syllabus Blurbs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1g0jL3XFj-w8LbmQcnV0RNvdxTYcs06Hr9xjkXtkc04k\/edit?usp=sharing\">Fall 2020 New Faculty Orientation Writing@Bates Syllabus Development Session<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1BWSg_tvKgGWxrrH0Mkglf2K6HkoZnmYdu8o_hkrEKhE\/edit?usp=sharing\">Universal Design Syllabus Workshop<\/a> (2017 May Conference) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1i3VuUx-Eu4cb_-IUW1BUHTO7Ojap9ArRgUZSvcaopZw\/edit?usp=sharing\">Universal Design for Writing Instruction <\/a>(2019 New Faculty Orientation Handout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"3a6257b6-0fbe-4195-bf80-c896307cb1e1\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">The Center for Purposeful Work<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"3a6257b6-0fbe-4195-bf80-c896307cb1e1\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Center for Purposeful Work: <\/strong>As you work with students looking to connect their academic endeavors to meaningful work beyond the classroom, please encourage them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/covid-19-information\/proactive-purposeful-work-activities\/#tap-into-the-bates-network\">engage with activities to explore purposeful work<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/where-to-find-us\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/where-to-find-us\/\">reach out to the Purposeful Work team<\/a> with interests and questions. Students benefit significantly from working with faculty who actively seek to help them translate their knowledge and skills to professional contexts. If you as a faculty member are interested in explicitly connecting your course content to discussions of meaning, purpose, work and\/or careers, consider joining a long list of faculty peers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/purposeful-work\/infusion-2\/\">Purposeful Work Infusion Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"65334a3e-3a7c-4fbb-91b1-3fa485d5f2f1\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Student Center for Belonging and Community<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"65334a3e-3a7c-4fbb-91b1-3fa485d5f2f1\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Student Center for Belonging and Community:<\/strong> As you work with students coming from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences, particularly those with minoritized identities from historically underserved communities, please encourage them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-center-belonging-community\/resources-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-center-belonging-community\/resources-2\/\">access the various student support resources available to them across campus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/oie\/oie-staff\/\">reach out to the team<\/a> with questions and concerns, especially as they relate to navigating their identities, needs, and spaces while at Bates. If you as a faculty member are interested in how to best support our increasingly diverse student population, do not hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-center-belonging-community\/meet-the-team\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-center-belonging-community\/meet-the-team\/\">reach out to the team<\/a> for consultation and support.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"90800d8c-8877-4cdd-b2ea-d87120884d1e\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Ladd Library<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"90800d8c-8877-4cdd-b2ea-d87120884d1e\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.bates.edu\/scholarly-communications\">Scholarly Communications<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/archives\/\">Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"08deb158-d18a-4acc-91d3-7df655a97ac6\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">ILS Curriculum and Research Computing (CRC)<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"08deb158-d18a-4acc-91d3-7df655a97ac6\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ILS division of <strong>Curriculum and Research Computing <\/strong>oversees a handful of specialized computing spaces on campus, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/\">Digital Media Studios<\/a>. The DMS website includes resources that may be useful in syllabus design, including available support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/video-project-support\/\">video projects<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/podcasting\/\">podcast\/audio projects<\/a>, and a catalog of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/digital-media\/facilities-resources\/\">various facilities and loaner equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"5026d0f9-c761-4930-be97-fa6b77a18a60\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Harward Center for Community Partnerships<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"5026d0f9-c761-4930-be97-fa6b77a18a60\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Harward Center<\/strong> provides resources for faculty to build understanding of principles and effective practices for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/faculty\/\">community-engaged learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"cfdddd3c-e84e-4b3c-bd2e-bade2665033f\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Websites with Sample Syllabi<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"cfdddd3c-e84e-4b3c-bd2e-bade2665033f\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (UDL): <a href=\"http:\/\/udloncampus.cast.org\/page\/planning_syllabus\">http:\/\/udloncampus.cast.org\/page\/planning_syllabus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/research\/files\/2018\/07\/Mailman-School-Syllabus-Toolkit.pdf\">https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/research\/files\/2018\/07\/Mailman-School-Syllabus-Toolkit.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-13774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20540,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13774\/revisions\/20540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}